I’ve never been into sushi and I’m not even sure why people get so excited about fish, to be honest. Particularly when there’s no batter involved.
But I’d had some nice sushi my sister made at Christmas and, having recently broken a tooth and looking to avoid anything too hard, I decided to review Kuru Kuru Sushi in Leicester city centre. The restaurant in Welford Road was one of the top-rated sushi places on the Uber Eats app with 4.6 out of 5 from more than 1,500 reviews.
As usual, a warmly-dressed cyclist turned up half an hour later and handed me a big brown paper bag full of far more food than one man can eat. Going through the app earlier I’d chosen chicken Katsu curry (£8.95) some chicken fried noodles (£5.80), a can of 7 Up (£2) and a mixed sushi platter for a whopping £11.25.
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But before I paid, the algorithm suggested I might enjoy a trio of gyoza – also known at potstickers – for just £2. Why not?
They were the first thing I tucked into when I got all the food to the table and they were incredible. They were just little fried dumplings with chopped vegetables inside but they were brilliant. I don’t even know how to describe them.
They were simple, fairly dry, with a slight crunch on the outside and they just tasted of generic savoury things. But they were also some of the greatest things I’ve ever eaten and all three were gone in seconds.
I remembered contestants on Masterchef Australia wowing the judges with potstickers in the past and I’d always found it hard to understand how something so small and boring-looking could be so impressive. Now I understand – although I still can’t explain why.
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Wishing I’d just ordered a dozen servings of gyoza, I reluctantly moved on to the sushi. It was very beautiful to look at, although I noticed a few had avacado in them.
At first I’d feared it was disgusting wasabi, so realising it was just mildly-unpleasant avocado was a bit of a relief.
Tucking in, there was a lot of rice involved so not much of the fishiness got through. For £11.25 it seemed a bit boring after the mind-altering wonder of the little gyoza. The sushi was very nice looking but a bit dull.
Next up, the chicken katsu curry was made with some very nice coated fried chicken with rice underneath and a big fried egg dumped on top. But there was no visble sauce. Either they forgot it completely or it was very thin and flavourless and got soaked up by the rice.
The dish was very tasty but it had no curry flavours going on whatsoever.
Last of all was the fried chicken noodle dish, which was reasonably priced, at less than £6 for a filling carton of tasty food. They weren’t incredibly generous with the chicken but everything was delicious and the noodles were just as slippery as you’d want them to be, without it all being too wet.
While I’d expected food from a foil carton to taste the same throughout, the dish had plenty of sliced pepper and other vegetable bits that hadn’t been overcooked and added occasional kicks of freshness and sharpness to the experience.
Having stuffed myself satisfactorily, I decided to ruin my tastebuds with a hit of foul wasabi. I ripped open the little sachet, squeezed some onto a carton lid, took out the chopsticks, clumsily grabbed a piece of sushi and then dunked it and gobbled it down. Disgusting.
Our rating: 4/5
Official food hygiene rating: 5/5
Kuru Kuru Sushi did not know we would be doing a review and we paid for our food.
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